Fig. 2

Microbiome composition of the midgut and salivary glands of adult male ticks over time and in response to antibiotics. a The microbiome of the midgut (MG) and b the microbiome of the salivary glands (SG). Predominant genera include Acinetobacter (light blue), Arsenophonus (red), Francisella (green), and Rickettsia (purple). Minor genera are represented by Other (yellow) and Unclassified reads are represented in orange. T1, T2, and T3 refer to the generation of the ticks after sampling the colony. T2TX refers to the cohort of T2 ticks that were exposed to oxytetracycline while T3TX are the progeny of these ticks